5 Genius Hot Chocolate DIYs

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Hello everyone! I wasn’t really sure what I was going to blog about this week, and as I was thinking about this I was drinking hot chocolate when I thought I could give you guys some DIYs to spice up your hot chocolate (even though its abnormally warm outside) Let me know what you guys think about these tricks in the comment section and I hope you enjoy!

Hot Chocolate DIY #1: Broil your hot chocolate with marshmallows on top in your oven at the lowest setting to give your marshmallows a beautiful color. I recommend doing this over microwaving it because microwaving it doesn’t give the marshmallows any crispness to it, it will just blow up the marshmallows making them look huge with no pretty color either.

Hot Chocolate DIY #2: Add some vanilla extract and hot chocolate to your french toast mix to create chocolate french toast! This honesty taste amazing! I made them a while ago for my sister’s birthday and she fell in love with them too. Hot chocolate is the best was to make chocolate french toast because the batter needs to stay thin and using other kinds of chocolate, such a chocolate syrup or melted chocolate chips will make the batter too thick for the bread.

Hot Chocolate DIY #3: Add very crushed and fine Oreos to your hot chocolate mix to bump up your Oreo hot chocolate! You have probably had Oreo hot chocolate before, where someone has cut up some Oreo junks into your drink. But if you grind the Oreos to and extremely fine consistency, you will be able to add it throughout the whole drink without all of the good stuff sinking to the bottom.

Hot Chocolate DIY #4: Add hot chocolate powder to your melted marshmallows when you're making rice crispy treats to make chocolate rice crispy treats! As I said before, hot chocolate is the best way to do this due to the consistency of it, since it wont affect the thickness of your chocolate rice crispy treats. 

Hot Chocolate DIY #5: Add hot chocolate powder to cashew butter and freeze it over night for a healthy and delicious fudge! I learned this from a nutritionist named Lindsay who came to my house and taught my sister and I some natural and healthy recipes. 

f you want to know more about Lindsay click HERE. She is an amazing nutritionist and is a very kind lady. She will come to your house and cook an amazing dinner with you and while she does it she teaches you how to cook the natural and healthier way.

Want some more hot chocolate recipes? Click HERE! This website has tons of recipes for any season and have so many more ideas than what I have come up with here. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed these and let me know what more you want to see by voting on my poll! I’ll be coming up with two more posts by the end of 3rd Quarter. 

DIY Your Leftovers!

In my family when it comes to cooking dinners, we always make a huge amount so we can always have some for the rest of the week. I personally hate having the same thing over and over and want to share how I like to change things up.

Have some leftover mashed potatoes? Make some cheesy mashed potato pancakes by just mixing some mashed potatoes, cheese, chives and eggs together. Then frying them in cooking oil! I add sour cream to mine and it tastes like cheesy heaven! They end up being crispy on the outside and nice a gooey from the potatoes inside. Want to know a quick tip about frying? My grandmother taught me that if you put the end of a clean wooden spoon into your oil, you will be able to tell if it's hot enough by seeing bubbles form around the spoon. Works every time I promise!

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Still craving the fall season? How about some pumpkin spice Rice Krispy treats! Your inner white girl will be obsessed with these! I love making these after Thanksgiving when there is leftover pumpkin puree. For this all you have to do is malt some butter and pumpkin puree in a pan, add a bag of marshmallows, and keep stirring until it looks like warm icing. Warning: It tastes amazing! After that, add a pinch of cinnamon, vanilla extract, nutmeg and salt to get that fancy spice taste going and take off the heat. Your last step it to mix in the Rice Krispies and viola! You have delicious pumpkin spice treats that your friends are going to love!

(Photo Curtesy Of: Nealey Dozier)

My sister is obsessed with cranberry sauce and I personally don't like it. But what I do like is cranberry butter! Sounds weird at first, but its this light pink whipped butter that's amazing on bagels! All you have to do is use a hand mixer to whip some butter and cranberry sauce together and you will fall in love! It's not as strong as cranberry sauce and more  of a buttery, creamy taste that you can even put on sandwiches!

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Not a huge fan of plain Jane sweet potatoes like myself? Turn them into delicious sweet potato bites!I just mix the cooked potatoes, some parmesan cheese and salt into a blender and roll them into balls on a baking tray as if I'm baking cookies. After they're baked for around fifteen to twenty minutes they taste just as good as the cheesy mashed potato pancakes! I personally like these more then the pancakes because I prefer some that's not too cheesy and this is just the right amount!

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I love these four ways to recreate leftovers and please leave me a comment if you try any of them yourself! Also, if you haven’t already, vote on my poll so I know what you guys would like to see more of! Want to get more fancy with your recreations? CLICK HERE for more leftover recipes!